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Yesterday, a Ford County judge ordered the owner of a Paxton Bed & Breakfast to comply with the 2016 order of the Illinois Human Rights Commission, including by paying damages awarded to Mark and Todd Wathen.
Chicago police officers stopped 200,000 more motorists in 2018, compared to the previous calendar year. The astronomical increase meant that CPD officers made more than 500 additional vehicle stops per day across the City.
The below statement can be attributed to the Communities United v. City of Chicago coalition of groups who sued the department for use of force against people with disabilities:
Nursing parents across Illinois visiting courthouses may still regularly be told to express breast milk in a bathroom stall despite an Illinois law requiring a private, clean lactation space in these public facilities.
Racial disparities continue to be a problem in Champaign Unit 4 Schools a full decade after the District was released from accountability under a federal court agreement meant to address racial segregation in the Unit.